Rising Collection (page 5)

Resurrection of Jesus - Matthew 28. circa 1688

Mr Augustine Birrell. Part of Box 104 Boswell Collection. Was an English politician, barrister, academic and author. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916

Fantastic Adventures - Warrior Queen of Mars
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1950, featuring the story Warrior Queen of Mars by Alexander Blade. Two women rise their spears attacking on something

Smoke rising from Mount Asama, Honshu Island, Japan
Smoke rising from Mount Asama - an active complex volcano in central Honshu, the main island of Japan. The volcano is the most active on Honshu. Date: circa 1907

Kusatsu - Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Kanto, Japan
Kusatsu - a town located in Agatsuma District of far western Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kanto region of Japan - Kusatsu is one of the most famous hot springs resorts (Onsen) in Japan

Messengers proclaim victory in the Russo-Japanese War
Two post runners proclaiming good news to the populace as they race along the road bearing a proclamation, they heads adorned with both the National Flag of Japan

Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani - rising steam
Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1904

Music cover, Out of the Dawn there came a sunbeam, by Walter Donaldson. 1928

Beppu - Hot Springs - Japan
Hot Spring at Beppu, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Beppu is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred and boasts the largest volume of hot water in the world apart from Yellowstone

Owakudani - Hakone National Park, Japan - Boiling Waters
Owakudani ( Hell Valley ) - brave (or foolish!) tourists getting close to the boiling sulphuric volcanic springs at the Hakone National Park Date: circa 1910s

Lanterns and Flags decorating Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan
Lanterns and Flags decorating Street in Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan. Today, the Hamanomachi Arcade is main shopping area in Nagasaki city Date: circa 1910s

Artur Gorgey - 2
ARTUR GORGEY (or Gorgei) Hungarian general, commander in 1848 rising, defeated the Austrians, took Buda, governor of Hungary, overwhelmed by Russians, imprisoned. Date: 1818 - 1916

Artur Gorgey - 3
ARTUR GORGEY (or Gorgei) Hungarian general, commander in 1848 rising, defeated the Austrians, took Buda, governor of Hungary, overwhelmed by Russians, imprisoned. Date: 1818 - 1916

Artur Gorgey - 1
ARTUR GORGEY (or Gorgei) Hungarian general, commander in 1848 rising, defeated the Austrians, took Buda, governor of Hungary, overwhelmed by Russians, imprisoned. Date: 1818 - 1916

Father Gapon
GEORGI APOLLONOVICH GAPON known as Father Gapon, prominent leader of the partially unsuccessful Russian rising in 1905. (see also our events file) Date: 1870 - 1906

Peter Barlow
PETER BARLOW (1776 - 1862) a splendid example of a Victorian self- made man, rising from obscure schoolmaster to eminent mathematician, scientist and engineer, professor, F.R.S.&c. Date: circa 1850

Cartoon, Croesus, WW1
Cartoon, Croesus (Cresus). A comment on the food shortage in France during the First World War - a man hides his egg in a safe

Cartoon, German Kultur, WW1
Cartoon, German Kultur or the cultivated truth during the First World War, showing a blindfolded allegorical female figure with flames rising around her. Date: 1915

Rise of the Rising Sun
Europe melts under the rising sun of Japan... Date: 1905

Cartoon on Rising Prices
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN. War veteran: " They told me I was fighting for dear life, but I never dreamt it was going to be as dear as all this." Date: 1920

Frontier Town / 1870
A frontier town - a rising town of Western America in its infancy. Date: circa 1870

Jameson Raid / Crossing
THE JAMESON RAID Dr Jameson and his escort cross the frontier into the Transvaal, hoping to trigger a rising of the Uitlanders against the Boers : vainly. Date: 29 December 1895

Front cover of Pictorial Chronicles of the Mighty Deep - The Sea, its Ships & Sailors Date: 1889

Louis Lazare Hoche (1768-1797), French military commander in the Revolutionary War, suppressed the Vendee rising, died of a chest ailment. Date: circa 1790s

Battle of Milazzo
During the Battle of Milazzo (Melazzo) on Sicily, an English battalion fighting on Garibaldis side, in action at the foot of the round tower of the towns citadel

Balloons taking off near Newquay, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

LOUIS IX, Saint Louis, of France (1214-1270). King of France (1226-1270). Depicting the kings life. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

WWI Poster, Victory... if you Join Now
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, A Happy New Year to our Gallant Soldiers! Anticipating Victory with the sunrise of 1915. You can make it certain if you Join Now. Date: 1915

Marconi strangles Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph snakes
THE INFANT HERCULES Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), strangling the twin snakes of Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph with his new Wireless telegraph system

The Easter Rising, 1916: British troops under fire
The Battle of Dublin : British soldiers opening fire on the Sinn Feiners, who are sniping from houses 200 yards away. Date: 1916

The Sinn Fein rising as it affected property
The devastating affects of the Easter Rebellion in Ireland in 1916. The main picture shows the burnt-out imperial hotel and post-office on Sackville Street in Dublin

Mars Hill, Lynmouth, Devon. Date: 1960s

How a Zeppelin climbs when attacked by G. H. Davis
How a Zeppelin climbs when attacked from below by anti-aircraft guns. Date: 1915

Observation balloon going up, Western Front, WW1
An observation balloon going up on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Cartoon, Holidays as Usual, WW1
Cartoon, Holidays as Usual. Mr Jones goes bathing at a seaside resort in the early days of the First World War, not heeding the warnings about submarines being on the lookout for the enemy

Fruit Label -- Sol-Land oranges
Fruit Label -- Sol-Land selected oranges, imported from Spain. Depicting a Spanish lady and a rising sun. Date: 20th century

Womens Royal Air Force -- The Dawn of Aviation
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing a woman looking up at three biplanes in the sky, with a sunrise behind -- The Dawn of Aviation -- with the motto below

Slavers Raiding a Village on the Aruwimi River, Central Afri
Engraving showing Arab slavers raiding a village beside the Aruwimi River, as seen from the Yambuya Camp occupied by Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888

Tippoo Tibs Grand Canoes on the Congo River, 1888
Engraving showing Tippoo Tibs grand canoes travelling down the Congo River during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888

Pichegru Arrested
General Pichegru is arrested on grounds of treason : he is deported to Cayenne but will escape : returning to France he plans a royalist rising but is betrayed and strangled. Date: September 1797

Vendee Rising
Carrier suppresses the counter-revolution in the Vendee (Bretagne) with ruthless rigour : royalists beg for mercy, but in vain. Date: 1793

Funeral of Victim
At the funeral of a victim of the massacre of 22 January, a speaker swears that the people will be revenged on the killers. Soldiers watch without interfering. Date: January 1905

Lazare Hoche
LAZARE HOCHE French military commander in the Revolutionary War, suppressed the Vendee rising, died of a chest ailment. Date: 1768 - 1797

John Bull standing at the parting of the ways
The Parting of the Wats - John Bulls Rival Guides. John Bull standing at the parting of the ways - a choice for Britain between the Path of Prosperity offered by the Tariff Reform of Joseph

The Rising Sun flag of the Empire of Japan. Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - Flags of the Allies - French postcard Date: circa 1915

WW1 Allies - Emblems of Freedom
WW1 Allied flags flying above a British Destroyer - Emblems of Freedom Date: circa 1915

A Court Jester raising the punch cup high! The illustration for the Contents page of the Phil May Folio. Date: 1892

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